Clove or nutmeg, e.g. Crossword Clue

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Clove or nutmeg, e.g. Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make more interesting or flavorful
2. add herbs or spices to
(noun)
1. the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
2. any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CLOVE (noun)
1. one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
2. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
NUTMEG (noun)
1. East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
2. hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground

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